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- the present invention relates to a method and a system for applying filters for dental CT imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a system for reducing artifacts generated when a filter is applied to a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image.
- CBCT cone beam computed tomography
- an X-ray imaging apparatus capable of performing X-ray imaging is used in order to determine states of teeth and alveolar bone for purpose of treating teeth and various periodontal diseases or correcting the teeth.
- the X-ray imaging apparatus used in the dentistry photographs a predetermined amount of X-ray to a teeth part of a body part to be photographed, detects the intensity of the transmitted X-ray, and converts the X-ray into an electric signal corresponding to the X-ray intensity and in this case, the computer acquires the intensity of the X-ray of each point in a body imaging region and processes the intensity of the X-ray to acquire an image.
- the acquired image is generally subjected to a process of applying the filter to assist quality improvement and judgment.
- dental CT primarily applies a sharpening filter to show the teeth and structures clearly.
- the sharpening filter can brighten bright pixels and darken dark pixels to clearly correct the teeth and the structures, but can create unintended artifact regions.
- a first type is that applying the sharpening filter reduces a gray level on a boundary around metal or tooth, resulting in a black border artifact region.
- a second type is that the gray level is small in a boundary region of a field of view (FOV), and when the sharpening filter is applied, a white border artifact region is generated.
- FOV field of view
- the unintended artifact regions are more difficult to apply the sharpening filter because the unintended artifact regions are generated more strongly as the sharpening filter is applied more strongly.
- the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a method for applying a filter so as to prevent artifact regions from being generated in dental CT imaging.
- the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a method for applying a filter so as to prevent artifact regions from being generated at a boundary around metal or tooth or at a boundary portion of FOV.
- An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for applying filters for dental CT imaging, including: acquiring the dental CT imaging using a dental CT apparatus; extracting an artifact region from the acquired image; applying a first filter to a region other than the artifact region in the acquired image; and outputting the dental CT imaging to which the filter is applied.
- the artifact region may be a region having a gray level less than a first value at a boundary of metal or a tooth when the first filter is applied in the acquired dental CT image.
- the extracting of the artifact region may further include applying a second filter in the acquired image.
- the extracting of the artifact region may further include inverting a gray level of an image to which a second filter is applied.
- the extracting of the artifact region may further include, when the gray level of a pixel is less than a second value in the inverted image, changing the gray level of the pixel to a minimum value.
- a region of the pixel may be determined as the artifact region.
- the artifact region may be a region having a gray level exceeding a third value at the boundary of field of view (FOV) when the first filter is applied in the acquired image.
- FOV field of view
- the extracting of the artifact region may further include applying a third filter in the acquired image.
- the extracting of the artifact region may further include inverting the gray level of an image to which the third filter is applied.
- the extracting of the artifact region may further include, when the gray level of a pixel is less than a fourth value in the inverted image, changing the gray level of the pixel to a minimum value.
- a region of the pixel may be determined as the artifact region.
- Another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system for applying filters for dental CT imaging, including: an image acquisition unit acquiring the dental CT imaging using a dental CT apparatus; an extraction unit extracting an artifact region; a filter unit applying a filter in the acquired image; and outputting the dental CT imaging to which the filter is applied, and the filter unit may apply a first filter to a region other than the artifact region in the acquired image.
- the filter unit may apply a second filter in the acquired image.
- the extraction unit may invert the gray level of the image to which the second filter is applied and when the gray level of a pixel is less than a second value in the inverted image, the extraction unit may change the gray level of the pixel to a minimum value.
- the filter unit may apply a third filter in the acquired image.
- the extraction unit may invert the gray level of the image to which the third filter is applied and when the gray level of a pixel is less than a fourth value in the inverted image, the extraction unit may change the gray level of the pixel to the minimum value.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for applying filters for dental CT imaging according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts more specifically illustrating the method for applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are exemplary diagrams illustrating a step of extracting an artifact region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6A to 6C are exemplary diagrams illustrating a step of extracting an artifact region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7A is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7B is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters in the related art.
- FIG. 7C is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8A is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8B is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters in the related art.
- FIG. 8C is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9A is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9B is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters in the related art.
- FIG. 9C is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for applying filters for dental CT imaging according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- a system for applying filters for dental CT imaging may include an image acquisition unit 100 , a filter unit 200 , an output unit 400 , an input unit 500 , and a control unit 600 .
- the image acquisition unit 100 may serve to acquire the dental CT imaging using a dental computed tomography (CT) apparatus.
- CT computed tomography
- a dental CT apparatus may include all CT apparatuses capable of acquiring CT images.
- the dental CT apparatus is a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) apparatus.
- CBCT cone beam computed tomography
- the dental CT imaging acquired by the image acquisition unit 100 may be 2D (Dimensional), 3D, or 4D. Further, the dental CT imaging acquired by the image acquisition unit 100 may have a bit value of 2 bits, 4 bits, 8 bits, 16 bits, or the like per pixel.
- the filter unit 200 may serve to apply a filter in the dental CT imaging acquired by the image acquisition unit 100 .
- the filter unit 200 may apply the filter by selecting the entire region or a partial region of the acquired dental CT imaging.
- the filter unit 200 may include a first filter 210 , a second filter 220 , and a third filter 230 .
- the first filter 210 as a filter for sharpening teeth and a structure may adopt a high pass filter for passing only a high frequency.
- the high frequency is referred to as a case where a change in pixel in an image region is larger than a predetermined reference.
- a sharpening filter in the high pass filter may be used.
- the sharpening filter may be a matrix of 3 ⁇ 3, 4 ⁇ 4, 5 ⁇ 5, and so on.
- a sharpening filter having a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix is used.
- the sharpening filter with the 3 ⁇ 3 matrix may have a matrix value of (0, ⁇ 1, 0; ⁇ 1, 5, ⁇ 1; 0, ⁇ 1, 0), ( ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1 ⁇ 1, 9, ⁇ 1; ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1), or (1, ⁇ 2, 1; ⁇ 2, 5, ⁇ 2; 1, ⁇ 2, 1).
- the first filter 210 is not limited to the above-described example and may include any type of filter for sharpening the teeth and structures.
- the second filter 220 as a filter for finding a boundary around the metal or the tooth may adopt a Laplacian filter capable of emphasizing the boundary.
- the Laplacian filter may be a matrix of 3 ⁇ 3, 4 ⁇ 4, 5 ⁇ 5, and so on.
- a Laplacian filter having a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix is used.
- the Laplacian filter with the 3 ⁇ 3 matrix may have a matrix value of (0, 1, 0; 1, ⁇ 4, 1; 0, 1, 0), (0, ⁇ 1, 0; ⁇ 1, 4, ⁇ 1; 0, ⁇ 1, 0), (1, 1, 1; 1, ⁇ 8, 1; 1, 1, 1), or ( ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1; ⁇ 1, 8, ⁇ 1; ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1).
- a Laplacian filter having a matrix value of ( ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1; ⁇ 1, 8, ⁇ 1; ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1, ⁇ 1) is used.
- the second filter 220 is not limited to the above-described example and may include any type of filter capable of emphasizing the boundary around the metal or the teeth.
- the third filter 230 as a filter for finding a region of the boundary of the field of view (FOV) may adopt the sharpening filter.
- the sharpening filter with a strong sharp effect is used.
- a sharpening filter having a matrix value of (0, ⁇ 1, 0; ⁇ 1, 5, ⁇ 1; 0, ⁇ 1, 0) is used.
- the third filter 230 may also include any type filter for finding the region of the boundary of the field of view (FOV).
- the boundary of the field of view (FOV) means a boundary between an examinee and an air region.
- the extraction unit 300 may serve to extract the artifact region from the acquired dental CT imaging.
- the artifact region means a region having a gray level less than a first value at the boundary of the metal or tooth when the first filter is applied in the acquired dental CT imaging.
- the first value may be a value of about 15000. Further, the first value may be set to a different value depending on the gray level or the dental CT imaging.
- the artifact region means a region having a gray level exceeding a third value at the boundary of the field of view (FOV) when the first filter is applied in the acquired dental CT image.
- FOV field of view
- the third value may be a value of about 55000. Further, the third value may be set to a different value depending on the gray level.
- the extraction unit 300 may invert the gray level of the dental CT imaging to which the second filter 220 is applied.
- the inversion of the gray level means that a positive sign of the gray level is changed to a negative sign and the negative sign is changed to the positive sign. That is, the inversion of the gray level means multiplying the gray level by a negative number.
- the extraction unit 300 may change the gray level to ⁇ 30 and ⁇ 150 if the gray level is 30 and 150 and changes the gray level to 10 and 20 if the gray level is ⁇ 10 and ⁇ 20.
- the extraction unit 300 may invert the gray level of the dental CT imaging to which the third filter is applied. The extraction unit 300 inverts the gray level so that the user of the present invention has an effect of visually confirming the artifact region with the naked eye.
- the extraction unit 300 may change the gray level of the pixel to a minimum value.
- the minimum value means a lowest gray level among the gray levels of the pixels of the acquired image.
- the extraction unit 300 may change the gray level of the pixel to the minimum value.
- the second value may be 2000 and the fourth value may be 1.
- the second value or the fourth value may vary depending on various situations.
- the extraction unit 300 unifies the gray level of a portion other than the artifact region to the minimum value, and as a result, only the artifact region is displayed. Accordingly, the user of the present invention may easily confirm the artifact region with the naked eye.
- the extraction unit 300 may maintain the gray level of the pixel in the inverted dental CT imaging as it is.
- the extraction unit 300 may determine the region of the pixel as the artifact region. Further, the extraction unit 300 may extract the region determined as the artifact region. That is, the extraction unit 300 may extract a region in which the gray level is not the minimum value as the artifact region. In addition, the filter unit 200 may apply the first filter 210 in the dental CT imaging excluding the extracted artifact region.
- the extraction unit 300 may determine that there is no artifact region in the acquired image.
- the filter unit 200 may apply the first filter 210 to all regions of the acquired image.
- the output unit 400 may serve to output the dental CT imaging to which the filter is applied. That is, the output unit 400 may output dental CT imaging in which the filter is applied to a part or an entire region.
- the output unit 400 may display a current progress situation or an intermediate result of the extraction unit 300 or the filter unit 200 .
- the output unit 400 may display the dental CT imaging having the gray level inverted by the extraction unit 300 and the output unit 400 may display the dental CT imaging to which the second filter 220 is applied by the filter unit 200 .
- the output unit 400 outputs the dental CT imaging to which the filter is applied to provide dental CT imaging having improved sharpness to the user.
- the output unit 400 may output a sound.
- the output unit may output a warning sound.
- the input unit 500 serves to receive a control input from the user.
- the filter unit 200 may determine whether to apply the filter in the acquired dental CT imaging. Further, the filter unit 200 may selectively apply the first filter 210 , the second filter 220 , or the third filter 230 based on the received control input.
- the control unit 600 controls the image acquisition unit 100 , the filter unit 200 , the output unit 400 , or the extraction unit 300 to perform a method for applying filters for dental CT imaging of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- an image acquisition unit 100 may acquire dental CT imaging using a dental computed tomography (CT) apparatus (S 100 ).
- CT computed tomography
- the dental CT apparatus is a CBCT apparatus.
- an extraction unit 300 may extract an artifact region from the acquired dental CT imaging (S 200 ).
- a filter unit 200 may apply a first filter 210 to a region excluding the artifact region.
- the filter unit 200 may apply the first filter 210 to an entire region of the acquired dental CT imaging.
- an output unit 400 may output dental CT imaging to which a filter is applied (S 400 ).
- the dental CT imaging is an image in which the filter is applied to a partial region or the entire region.
- the output unit 400 may display a progress situation of the extraction unit 300 or the filter unit 200 .
- the output unit 400 may output dental CT imaging having a gray level inverted by the extraction unit 300 .
- the output unit 400 may output dental CT imaging to which a second filter 220 is applied by the filter unit 200 .
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts more specifically illustrating the method for extracting the artifact region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the filter unit 200 may apply the second filter 220 in the acquired dental CT imaging (S 201 ).
- the filter unit 200 applies the second filter 220 in the acquired dental CT imaging to emphasize a boundary of metal or tooth.
- the second filter 220 may adopt any filter capable of emphasizing the boundary of the metal or tooth and preferably, adopts a Laplacian filter.
- the extraction unit 300 may invert the gray level of the dental CT imaging to which the second filter 220 is applied (S 202 ).
- the inversion of the gray level means that a positive sign of the gray level is changed to a negative sign and the negative sign is changed to the positive sign.
- the output unit 400 outputs the dental CT imaging with the inverted gray level, so that a user may clearly confirm the artifact area with the naked eye.
- the extraction unit 300 may determine whether the gray level of the pixel is less than or equal to or more than a second value in the inverted dental CT imaging (S 203 ).
- the second value may vary depending on the dental CT imaging and preferably, the second value is 2000.
- the extraction unit 300 may change the gray level of the pixel to a minimum value (S 204 ).
- the minimum value of the gray level means a lowest gray level in the corresponding dental CT imaging.
- the extraction unit 300 may maintain the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 205 ). That is, the extraction unit 300 changes the gray level of the region other than the artifact to the minimum value, and as a result, the user may clearly confirm the artifact region with the naked eye.
- the filter unit 200 may apply a third filter 230 in the acquired dental CT imaging (S 206 ).
- the filter unit 200 applies the third filter 230 in the acquired dental CT imaging to emphasize a boundary of field of view (FOV).
- the third filter 230 may adopt any filter capable of emphasizing the boundary of the field of view (FOV) and preferably, adopts a sharpening filter having a strong sharp effect.
- the extraction unit 300 may invert the gray level of the dental CT imaging to which the third filter 230 is applied (S 207 ).
- the output unit 400 outputs the dental CT imaging with the inverted gray level, so that the user may clearly confirm the artifact area with the naked eye.
- the extraction unit 300 may determine whether the gray level of the pixel is less than or equal to or more than a fourth value in the inverted dental CT imaging (S 208 ).
- the fourth value may vary depending on the dental CT imaging and preferably, the fourth value is 1.
- the extraction unit 300 may change the gray level of the pixel to a minimum value (S 209 ).
- the extraction unit 300 may maintain the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 210 ).
- the output unit 400 may output the dental CT imaging in all steps described above.
- the user may omit some of the steps described above through the input unit 500 .
- the extraction unit 300 may omit the applying of the third filter 230 (S 206 ) to the maintaining of the gray level of the pixel (S 210 ). Therefore, resources of a system may be efficiently used.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are exemplary diagrams illustrating a step of extracting an artifact region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A is an exemplary diagram in which the second filter 220 is applied in the acquired dental CT imaging. That is, FIG. 5A illustrates the dental CT imaging subjected to the applying of the second filter 220 (S 201 ). Referring to a region 51 of FIG. 5A , the user may see that a black border artifact region occurs at the boundary of the metal or tooth.
- FIG. 5B is an exemplary diagram in which the extraction unit 300 inverts the gray level of the dental CT imaging to which the second filter 220 is applied. That is, FIG. 5B illustrates dental CT imaging subjected to the inverting of the gray level (S 202 ).
- the user may see that the black border artifact region is inverted at the boundary of the metal or tooth.
- FIG. 5C is an exemplary diagram in which when the gray level of the pixel is less than the second value, the extraction unit 300 changes the gray level of the pixel to the minimum value and when the gray level of the pixel is equal to or more than the second value, the extraction unit 300 maintains the gray level of the pixel as it is. That is, the exemplary diagram illustrates dental CT imaging subjected to the determining of the gray level (S 203 ), the changing of the gray level to the minimum value (S 204 ), and the maintaining the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 205 ). Referring to a region 53 of FIG. 5C , the user may clearly confirm the artifact region with the naked eye and also confirm whether the artifact region is properly extracted.
- the applying of the second filter (S 201 ) to the maintaining of the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 205 ) are performed to extract the artifact region, but the extraction unit 300 further performs the applying of the third filter (S 206 ) to the maintaining of the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 210 ) additionally to further extract the artifact region.
- the output unit 400 may output the dental CT imaging in FIGS. 5A to 5C .
- the user may confirm whether the artifact region is correctly extracted based on the output dental CT imaging.
- FIGS. 6A to 6C are exemplary diagrams illustrating a step of extracting an artifact region according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6A is an exemplary diagram in which the filter unit 200 applies the third filter 230 in the acquired dental CT imaging. That is, the exemplary diagram illustrates the dental CT imaging subjected to the applying of the third filter (S 206 ).
- FIG. 6B is an exemplary diagram in which the extraction unit 300 inverts the gray level of the dental CT imaging to which the third filter 230 is applied. That is, the exemplary diagram illustrates the dental CT imaging subjected to the inverting of the gray level (S 207 ).
- FIG. 6C is an exemplary diagram in which when the gray level of the pixel is less than the fourth value, the extraction unit 300 changes the gray level of the pixel to the minimum value and when the gray level of the pixel is equal to or more than the fourth value, the extraction unit 300 maintains the gray level of the pixel as it is. That is, the exemplary diagram illustrates dental CT imaging subjected to the determining of the gray level (S 208 ), the changing of the gray level to the minimum value (S 209 ), and the maintaining the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 210 ).
- the user may clearly confirm the artifact region generated at the boundary of the field of view (FOV) with the naked eye.
- the applying of the third filter (S 206 ) to the maintaining of the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 210 ) are performed to extract the artifact region, but the extraction unit 300 further performs the applying of the second filter (S 201 ) to the maintaining of the gray level of the pixel as it is (S 205 ) additionally to further extract the artifact region.
- FIG. 7A is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7B is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters in the related art.
- FIG. 7C is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the image acquisition unit 100 may acquire the dental CT imaging using the dental CT apparatus. Applying the sharpening filter in the related art here results in the black border artifact region at the boundary of the metal or tooth as in a region 71 of FIG. 7B . Due to such an artifact region, the user has a difficulty in analyzing the dental CT imaging.
- dental CT imaging in which the black border artifact region disappears as in a region 72 of FIG. 7C may be acquired. More specifically, the exemplary diagram of FIG. 7C illustrates dental CT imaging subjected to the extracting of the artifact region (S 200 ) including the applying of the second filter (S 201 ) to the maintaining of the gray level of the pixel (S 205 ) and applying the first filter 210 only in the region other than the artifact region (S 300 ).
- FIG. 8A is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8B is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters in the related art.
- FIG. 8C is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8A to 8C are diagrams illustrating an example of generation of a filter-applied dental CT imaging according to the prior art and the present invention when the artifact region does not exist. That is, unlike FIG. 7A , the artifact regions may not exist in the dental CT imaging in some cases.
- the extracting of the artifact region (S 200 ) may be omitted, so that even if the method according to the present invention is applied, the same result as the related art may be acquired.
- FIG. 8B illustrates an example of applying the sharpening filter without the separate step of the extracting the separate artifact region (S 200 ) and is the same as the dental CT imaging of FIG. 8C to which the filter is applied according to the present invention.
- the same result may be achieved. That is, in the present invention, a stable result may be acquired even in the dental CT imaging without the artifact region.
- FIG. 9A is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging before applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9B is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters in the related art.
- FIG. 9C is an exemplary diagram of dental CT imaging after applying filters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the image acquisition unit 100 may acquire the dental CT imaging using the dental CT apparatus. Applying the sharpening filter in the related art here results in a white band-shaped artifact region in the region of the FOV boundary as in a region 91 of FIG. 9B . Due to such an artifact region, the user has difficulty in analyzing the dental CT imaging.
- the dental CT imaging without the artifact region as in a region 92 of FIG. 9C may be acquired.
- the method and the system for applying filters for dental CT imaging have the effect that the artifact region does not occur even when the sharpening filter is applied. More specifically, in the present invention, the region where the artifact occurs is extracted from the dental CT imaging and the first filter 210 is applied only in the region other than the corresponding region. In this case, there is an effect that the artifact region is not generated. In addition, since the first filter 210 is applied only to a part of the region, the resources of the system may be saved.
- the output unit 400 outputs the dental CT imaging in the outputting of the filter-applied dental CT imaging (S 300 ) from the extracting of the artifact region (S 200 ), and as a result, the user may confirm whether the filter is correctly applied. Moreover, by applying a filter in the region other than the region where the artifact occurs, the filter unit 200 may apply the stronger filter in the dental CT imaging.
- the present invention provides dental CT imaging without an artifact region to assist in medical treatment.
- the dental CT imaging without the artifact region around the metal or tooth can be provided to assist in dental treatment.
- the dental CT imaging without the artifact region can be provided at a boundary portion of field of view (FOV) to assist in dental treatment.
- FOV field of view
- a filter unit can apply a stronger filter in the dental CT imaging.
- a user can confirm an extracted artifact region through an output unit and confirm whether the filter is correctly applied in the dental CT imaging.
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